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The Vampire's Mage #2
Witch Hunter
A web of secrets. Bloodthirsty demons. A new nightmare.
Humans are going missing all over the city. Bloodthirsty shadow demons are attacking, and the Brotherhood want to return to the old ways to control the chaos.
Digging deeper into these sinister new threats, Rosalind once again joins forces with Caine. But the sexy incubus has been keeping some major secrets from her—secrets that hold clues to her own history. And as Rosalind uncovers the truth about herself, she realizes she has to risk her sanity if she wants to save humanity.
Humans are going missing all over the city. Bloodthirsty shadow demons are attacking, and the Brotherhood want to return to the old ways to control the chaos.
Digging deeper into these sinister new threats, Rosalind once again joins forces with Caine. But the sexy incubus has been keeping some major secrets from her—secrets that hold clues to her own history. And as Rosalind uncovers the truth about herself, she realizes she has to risk her sanity if she wants to save humanity.
290 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 24, 2016
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C.N. Crawford are Wall Street Journal bestselling authors of romantasy books, including books with fae, demons, and magical academies.
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CN Crawford’s books are perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Jennifer L. Armentrout, K.F. Breene, and Laura Thalassa.
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C.N. Crawford are Wall Street Journal bestselling authors of romantasy books, including books with fae, demons, and magical academies.
We write fantasy romance, urban fantasy, and portal romance. Our books often include trials, banter, and enemies to lovers stories.
CN Crawford’s books are perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Jennifer L. Armentrout, K.F. Breene, and Laura Thalassa.
Note: We are actually two people--a former biologist (Nick) and a former school psychologist (Christine).
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September 29, 2016
3.5 stars
Rosalind smartened up and didn't run head first into danger at every opportunity. I like her much better this way. Rosalind's distrust of Caine is aggravating. Obviously there is lots of stuff they don't know about each other, but he has done more for her and been more loyal than anyone else. Why can't she trust him already? It was way too easy to figure out what her dreams really meant, so it was anticlimatic at the end when she finally figured it out.
Rosalind smartened up and didn't run head first into danger at every opportunity. I like her much better this way. Rosalind's distrust of Caine is aggravating. Obviously there is lots of stuff they don't know about each other, but he has done more for her and been more loyal than anyone else. Why can't she trust him already? It was way too easy to figure out what her dreams really meant, so it was anticlimatic at the end when she finally figured it out.
December 9, 2019
DNF
The 'heroine' of this series just straight up does my head in. She is an utter idiot. I'm abandoning the book at the point that she's pouring her life story out to a complete stranger, despite knowing that she ~knows nothing~ about her background, and knowing that she's being hunted by her former employers. This is far from the first utterly stupid thing she's done, and quite frankly I can't be bothered to find out what sort of hell she's about to cause for herself, or how she's going to rely on Caine to save her yet again despite her treating him like dirt on her shoe.
I have generally loved everything I've read by C.N. Crawford, but after a book and a half in this series, I know it's not for me.
The 'heroine' of this series just straight up does my head in. She is an utter idiot. I'm abandoning the book at the point that she's pouring her life story out to a complete stranger, despite knowing that she ~knows nothing~ about her background, and knowing that she's being hunted by her former employers. This is far from the first utterly stupid thing she's done, and quite frankly I can't be bothered to find out what sort of hell she's about to cause for herself, or how she's going to rely on Caine to save her yet again despite her treating him like dirt on her shoe.
I have generally loved everything I've read by C.N. Crawford, but after a book and a half in this series, I know it's not for me.
August 28, 2019
2.5+
Meh. It's ok but I find the characters 2 dimensional and the MC more than a little insipid. I may listen to the others but I'm not really feeling it right now.
Meh. It's ok but I find the characters 2 dimensional and the MC more than a little insipid. I may listen to the others but I'm not really feeling it right now.
July 6, 2017
There is a lot of plot and action, but very little character or relationship development. Rosalind doesn't develop much as a character. She is still very distrusting of Caine, even though he has been nice and always saving her. I think the author should've spent more time developing relationships instead of adding so much plot. I want to know more about Rosalind's relationship with Tammie, Miranda, Caine, and Malphas. Rosalind spends so much time trying to save Tammie, but I still barely understand who Tammie is.
Summary:
Lots of action and plot
Scarce character development
No relationship development
Summary:
Lots of action and plot
Scarce character development
No relationship development
October 31, 2017
Downward spiral
This book is disappointing, considering the great reviews. I just found it boring and monotonous and I just didn’t really enjoy.
I listened to the audiobook. Maybe it’s the reader, but that was not good either.
This book is disappointing, considering the great reviews. I just found it boring and monotonous and I just didn’t really enjoy.
I listened to the audiobook. Maybe it’s the reader, but that was not good either.
October 11, 2016
Looking forward to the next installment!
May 29, 2017
4,5 stars
August 18, 2017
review later
February 24, 2017
Whilst Rosalind's hadn't always had nice fluffy dreams, the disturbing elements now at an all time high, made them better described as nightmares. Staying awake has become her only effective shield. This is, however, quickly instilling an insomniac drowsiness which ravishes both her mind and body into a daily grind of lazy eyelids, uncoordinated thoughts and even daytime flashes of the imagery no longer just haunting her nightmares. Her necessary imprisonment in Abduxiel Mansion certainly wasn't helping, and being shackled has always gone against her core. Only a vague note explained why. Her room might be separated from the cemetery proper, but this seemed not to matter to her psyche, which is fast becoming entrenched in visions which are fast tipping her toward the wrong side of sanity. At least she'll have something more than appearances in common with her twin. You'd never credit how a couple hours when she's unable to prevent dozing off can feel an eternity, when its filled with past, present and perhaps even future events.
Omen or not, her frazzled attention couldn't help being piqued by the first person she'd talked with in the past two weeks since Caine left her sealed inside a ward, other than the creepy grim reaper Orcus, that is. Caine's note said he was taking Tammi to a separate safe house and searching for Miranda. The mage had her attention when he noted he'd come from Maremount seeking an item left out for him by Orcus. Rosalind might not know how she truly felt about the things her parents had caused, but she was filled with a parched thirst for any information pertaining to where her and her Miranda was born. She had little to no memories about the time before the Athertons gave their children away to the enemy. She'd been bursting with a subconscious need to make new ones, but everyone she spoke with remained intent on avoiding her questions. Had Miranda not fled in the aftermath of the clash with the Brotherhood, her prior employer, she might've already discussed the idea of returning to see what'd been left behind.
With her heightened tracking and sensing abilities Rosalind detects even from within the confinement of the warded section of the cemetery, that permits travel outside Abduxiel within a small area around the mansion, that ghere is significant power in the air that thrums across her skin, lighting her senses with its thickness; leaving her nauseous and struggling to eat or keep down any recent meals when it flares. She didn't really need any of the mirrors located within the mansion's rooms to tell her that she was becoming unhealthy. Although not considered by Orcus or herself, Orcus because he's begun to notice and complain of the deterioration in her health, which he seems to blame her for, but it could perhaps explain why her dreams are filled with terror. It could be that her subconscious is picking up on remnants of the purposes for which the magic was cast, playing out scenes in the only way her disconnected mind represents these senses during her sleep. Later she'd hear from Caine why she's truly wracked with her nightmares.
Having detected trace amounts of her twin's magic in the maelstrom, Rosalind has the undeniable need to make a new attempt at reconciling with Miranda, hoping she'll take what was turned down after Josiah's death. Going into the frey is likely the last intention Caine had when leaving Orcus as warden, but he hasn't been present for two weeks, which gives his desires little to no validity whatsoever. In Magic Hunter the removal of Rosalind's containment ring had been the only method of halting the overwhelming sensations of other's magic that debilitated her when she was too near to the sources. With Caine absent and Rosalind to frazzled to think very clearly, neither her nor Orcus thought to do the same. Given only Caine was able to control the effects of unveiling Cleo, it surely wouldn't be the wisest choice.
With auras thickening the very air like molasses, Rosalind still couldn't have been prepared for the picture that greeted her and Orcus' on arrival at the heart of the trouble. The scene wouldn't have been out of place if it was taken straight from a Dantes styled recreation of a demon legion bringing an apocalyptic armageddon. Wings unfurled in uncountable numbers created a blackened storm cloud of a very different menace. Ultimately it was likely to create as much damage as it'd done if it were a freak tornado. Swooped around an accident at a busy intersection, the accident most likely a result of the winged demons, people fled in any way they were able. She remembered still the instructions she'd been given by Caine as he attempted to teach her to manage the overwhelming tendrils of Cleo's aura. Before turning to this final option of setting her free, what she'd come to dubb as going into nuclear mode, she tried the alternative first.
Taking the safer option until there remained no other choice was the safest bet. Flexing her will to it's greatest level of exertion, Rosalind eventually found the way to mold the auras overwhelming her senses, until it was little more than the tightest compacted ball she could manage. It was likely that whoever controlled the shadow' demons would have the numbers to continue throwing how ever many it took to achieve their goal. Just what that is was now a question she couldn't examine, not with the arrival of Brotherhood tech and vehicles. They'd see her and seek to recapture her. Being back in the cells fscing a repeat of the water torture was enough for her to flee.
Rosalind soon hears that a hellish (no pun intended) demon lord is the one controlling the horde. A demon people thought to have been banished back to the shadow halls centuries ago by a mage alliance formed following regicide and other deaths he caused in Maremount; a demon known only as the Ravener. One who had an enormous impact on the Atherton legacy. According to thespeaker of theinformationshe gets, then if is able to control hordes resistant to even Nyxobas' inspired magic, then the puny resistance human's could manage, would be little more than the equivalent of what ants might manage to be capable of to repel human interference in their colonies.
The new acquaintance she'd met, the respective mage, Drew, who'd purchased the item she'd been instructed by Orcus to exchange, facilitated her escape from the horde and the Brotherhood and healed yet another gunshot wound. Rosalind is certainly racking up plenty of bullet slugs instead of being the one doing the bulk of the shooting. An occurrence she'd never have predicted describing as something quickly getting old. In the aftermath of these events there would come the greatest chill to wrack her spine, since events that unraveled in Magic Hunter, when a name the Ravener goes by would come to light.
The world of demons, in particular some of their various types, are delineated well and further in this second book in The Vampire's Mage series, Witch Hunter. An example coming to mind are the keres, winged demonesses that bring to mind images of a winged fury, filled with the unquenchable rage that gives furies their name. The keres rend and gnaw the flesh of human victims, often in vulnerable locations like the head and neck that quickly bring down their quarry. Either setting in motion the injuries that'll cause their victim's deaths, or hanging around to partake of more flesh to see that death is ensured, before each ker then takes to the skies again to seek out further victims. Such examples are among the new unique fantasy lore used in the construction of the world of this series, that was started in the two prior books and continues is Blood Hunter.
More fully taking shape by the ways that demons rampage at the direction of a foe, or have free reign to gnaw and chew on any victim they please, the content of Witch Hunter continues the series with an urban/dark fantasy edge. Its an urban setting with all the characteristics of the genre by that name; but now the death, destruction and chaos are heavy enough to further warrant an additional classification of dark fantasy too. The reader friendly and comfortable writing style continues, leaving pages sprawling behind as you read quickly through the notably scintillating content of the story. Whether its the combined techniques facilitated by the male and female combination of writers, or something more unique to the Crawford's is something unlikely to be delineated. The point is that it works very well in providing both the male and female outlooks. This is not to say that either individual gender can't conceive the other's perspectives very well, that men are from mars, whilst women are from venus, which isn't something I can wholeheartedly ascribe to.
That being said, from memory there is a trend in my own finished book shelf that supports combined efforts as a definite boon. Most salient though, this shouldn't detract from the outstanding style offered by Christine and Nick's combined storyteling. Every so often, among the different authors who've written books you've enjoyed, there'll be a series that you come by that inspires you to go out and get your hands on the collection of their works or just everything of that series alone. Inspired and captivated you can then binge and read back-to-back these series, or standalones in the author's profile of worksl if that happens to be the only other material published.
What some of these pickups do for readers is they reaffirm why we get drawn into the worlds of these story wonderlands within the genres that tickle our fancy. That moment when you complete, or have only partially complete the book, and you get that remembrance of why you're so passionate about that respective genre. The characters that move you as though they're social media friends that you adore, but cannot traditionally communicate directly with, so instead you get the need to continue reading about them. Rosalind, Caine, Miranda, Tammi, Aurora and the many villainous or neutral entities who continue to draw you in until you can't get enough of their experiences. Each book in this series has also thus far reached those finishing points in the running saga where it is both fulfilling in the way it resolves present aspects of saga, but still has the unanswered aspects that you still need to carry on with the next book as fast as you and they are able. All the while they manage to avoid cliffhangers that can be frustrating if the next book isn't available in a timely fashion.
On the whole I try to hold off on such instances once identified in an author's technique, until such time as multiple successive books are available. The pitfall when there is no more ready to go on with is that you can get pleasantly distracted by other authors and stories, which unless you have some form of diary or reminders they can then get lost in TBR lists. I guess sometimes its a matter of timing when you find new authors and their sagas: the ideal is that they already have plenty for you to hold off the impatience of wanting that next book, ideally with completed series; or they've not written more than you've read, leaving you changing to other authors and perhaps losing track of the reasons why you wanted to go on with a series. Once you've read one of The Vampire's Mage books I'm confident you won't need me to promote the series, it'll do it all by itself.
Omen or not, her frazzled attention couldn't help being piqued by the first person she'd talked with in the past two weeks since Caine left her sealed inside a ward, other than the creepy grim reaper Orcus, that is. Caine's note said he was taking Tammi to a separate safe house and searching for Miranda. The mage had her attention when he noted he'd come from Maremount seeking an item left out for him by Orcus. Rosalind might not know how she truly felt about the things her parents had caused, but she was filled with a parched thirst for any information pertaining to where her and her Miranda was born. She had little to no memories about the time before the Athertons gave their children away to the enemy. She'd been bursting with a subconscious need to make new ones, but everyone she spoke with remained intent on avoiding her questions. Had Miranda not fled in the aftermath of the clash with the Brotherhood, her prior employer, she might've already discussed the idea of returning to see what'd been left behind.
With her heightened tracking and sensing abilities Rosalind detects even from within the confinement of the warded section of the cemetery, that permits travel outside Abduxiel within a small area around the mansion, that ghere is significant power in the air that thrums across her skin, lighting her senses with its thickness; leaving her nauseous and struggling to eat or keep down any recent meals when it flares. She didn't really need any of the mirrors located within the mansion's rooms to tell her that she was becoming unhealthy. Although not considered by Orcus or herself, Orcus because he's begun to notice and complain of the deterioration in her health, which he seems to blame her for, but it could perhaps explain why her dreams are filled with terror. It could be that her subconscious is picking up on remnants of the purposes for which the magic was cast, playing out scenes in the only way her disconnected mind represents these senses during her sleep. Later she'd hear from Caine why she's truly wracked with her nightmares.
Having detected trace amounts of her twin's magic in the maelstrom, Rosalind has the undeniable need to make a new attempt at reconciling with Miranda, hoping she'll take what was turned down after Josiah's death. Going into the frey is likely the last intention Caine had when leaving Orcus as warden, but he hasn't been present for two weeks, which gives his desires little to no validity whatsoever. In Magic Hunter the removal of Rosalind's containment ring had been the only method of halting the overwhelming sensations of other's magic that debilitated her when she was too near to the sources. With Caine absent and Rosalind to frazzled to think very clearly, neither her nor Orcus thought to do the same. Given only Caine was able to control the effects of unveiling Cleo, it surely wouldn't be the wisest choice.
With auras thickening the very air like molasses, Rosalind still couldn't have been prepared for the picture that greeted her and Orcus' on arrival at the heart of the trouble. The scene wouldn't have been out of place if it was taken straight from a Dantes styled recreation of a demon legion bringing an apocalyptic armageddon. Wings unfurled in uncountable numbers created a blackened storm cloud of a very different menace. Ultimately it was likely to create as much damage as it'd done if it were a freak tornado. Swooped around an accident at a busy intersection, the accident most likely a result of the winged demons, people fled in any way they were able. She remembered still the instructions she'd been given by Caine as he attempted to teach her to manage the overwhelming tendrils of Cleo's aura. Before turning to this final option of setting her free, what she'd come to dubb as going into nuclear mode, she tried the alternative first.
Taking the safer option until there remained no other choice was the safest bet. Flexing her will to it's greatest level of exertion, Rosalind eventually found the way to mold the auras overwhelming her senses, until it was little more than the tightest compacted ball she could manage. It was likely that whoever controlled the shadow' demons would have the numbers to continue throwing how ever many it took to achieve their goal. Just what that is was now a question she couldn't examine, not with the arrival of Brotherhood tech and vehicles. They'd see her and seek to recapture her. Being back in the cells fscing a repeat of the water torture was enough for her to flee.
Rosalind soon hears that a hellish (no pun intended) demon lord is the one controlling the horde. A demon people thought to have been banished back to the shadow halls centuries ago by a mage alliance formed following regicide and other deaths he caused in Maremount; a demon known only as the Ravener. One who had an enormous impact on the Atherton legacy. According to thespeaker of theinformationshe gets, then if is able to control hordes resistant to even Nyxobas' inspired magic, then the puny resistance human's could manage, would be little more than the equivalent of what ants might manage to be capable of to repel human interference in their colonies.
The new acquaintance she'd met, the respective mage, Drew, who'd purchased the item she'd been instructed by Orcus to exchange, facilitated her escape from the horde and the Brotherhood and healed yet another gunshot wound. Rosalind is certainly racking up plenty of bullet slugs instead of being the one doing the bulk of the shooting. An occurrence she'd never have predicted describing as something quickly getting old. In the aftermath of these events there would come the greatest chill to wrack her spine, since events that unraveled in Magic Hunter, when a name the Ravener goes by would come to light.
The world of demons, in particular some of their various types, are delineated well and further in this second book in The Vampire's Mage series, Witch Hunter. An example coming to mind are the keres, winged demonesses that bring to mind images of a winged fury, filled with the unquenchable rage that gives furies their name. The keres rend and gnaw the flesh of human victims, often in vulnerable locations like the head and neck that quickly bring down their quarry. Either setting in motion the injuries that'll cause their victim's deaths, or hanging around to partake of more flesh to see that death is ensured, before each ker then takes to the skies again to seek out further victims. Such examples are among the new unique fantasy lore used in the construction of the world of this series, that was started in the two prior books and continues is Blood Hunter.
More fully taking shape by the ways that demons rampage at the direction of a foe, or have free reign to gnaw and chew on any victim they please, the content of Witch Hunter continues the series with an urban/dark fantasy edge. Its an urban setting with all the characteristics of the genre by that name; but now the death, destruction and chaos are heavy enough to further warrant an additional classification of dark fantasy too. The reader friendly and comfortable writing style continues, leaving pages sprawling behind as you read quickly through the notably scintillating content of the story. Whether its the combined techniques facilitated by the male and female combination of writers, or something more unique to the Crawford's is something unlikely to be delineated. The point is that it works very well in providing both the male and female outlooks. This is not to say that either individual gender can't conceive the other's perspectives very well, that men are from mars, whilst women are from venus, which isn't something I can wholeheartedly ascribe to.
That being said, from memory there is a trend in my own finished book shelf that supports combined efforts as a definite boon. Most salient though, this shouldn't detract from the outstanding style offered by Christine and Nick's combined storyteling. Every so often, among the different authors who've written books you've enjoyed, there'll be a series that you come by that inspires you to go out and get your hands on the collection of their works or just everything of that series alone. Inspired and captivated you can then binge and read back-to-back these series, or standalones in the author's profile of worksl if that happens to be the only other material published.
What some of these pickups do for readers is they reaffirm why we get drawn into the worlds of these story wonderlands within the genres that tickle our fancy. That moment when you complete, or have only partially complete the book, and you get that remembrance of why you're so passionate about that respective genre. The characters that move you as though they're social media friends that you adore, but cannot traditionally communicate directly with, so instead you get the need to continue reading about them. Rosalind, Caine, Miranda, Tammi, Aurora and the many villainous or neutral entities who continue to draw you in until you can't get enough of their experiences. Each book in this series has also thus far reached those finishing points in the running saga where it is both fulfilling in the way it resolves present aspects of saga, but still has the unanswered aspects that you still need to carry on with the next book as fast as you and they are able. All the while they manage to avoid cliffhangers that can be frustrating if the next book isn't available in a timely fashion.
On the whole I try to hold off on such instances once identified in an author's technique, until such time as multiple successive books are available. The pitfall when there is no more ready to go on with is that you can get pleasantly distracted by other authors and stories, which unless you have some form of diary or reminders they can then get lost in TBR lists. I guess sometimes its a matter of timing when you find new authors and their sagas: the ideal is that they already have plenty for you to hold off the impatience of wanting that next book, ideally with completed series; or they've not written more than you've read, leaving you changing to other authors and perhaps losing track of the reasons why you wanted to go on with a series. Once you've read one of The Vampire's Mage books I'm confident you won't need me to promote the series, it'll do it all by itself.
June 24, 2018
Same as last good
Just a continuation of the last book. Once again liked the story I enjoy these authors and I'm from Boston so the story hits home in some places. It's just once again they go over board with the adjectives..... I mean you do not have to put one before every word it's just to much but otherwise great job I just wish I had read all their books in the fire and night world in order!
Just a continuation of the last book. Once again liked the story I enjoy these authors and I'm from Boston so the story hits home in some places. It's just once again they go over board with the adjectives..... I mean you do not have to put one before every word it's just to much but otherwise great job I just wish I had read all their books in the fire and night world in order!
September 20, 2017
Read book one and moved right onto book two and I was not disappointed. Truth is a lot more of the back story was uncovered in this book some of the characters and their behavers made more sense than in the first book. I sometimes thought why is he doing this why does it matter and while reading through this book as the story progressed I found myself understanding more and more as to why the characters acted the way they did how their pasted had molded them into what I was seeing now. There was a lot of secrets and lies and so many twists and turns and I really enjoyed uncovering and following the storyline it was an exciting ride all the way through to the end it does make me think about what may lay ahead in book three and I will carry on reading happily to find out.
I also felt that the main character was just a little smarter than before when she was doing stupid things for no reason I was infuriated but she seems to be getting better which I like, made it easier to connect with her. She was determined to uncover her pasted and the stuff that was haunting her and while I'm unsure what that will mean for her as I carry on reading I am excited to find out. I think on of the main things I was sad about is the fact the author did not have more about Caine brother something in me really wants him to be more active in the books.
Overall the book was an easy and exciting read I had no problems zooming through its pages like a demon and it's always a clear sign of a book when you can get through it so fast without taking breaks or needing to go off and do something else. I do hope the next book is just as good or better than the last.
I also felt that the main character was just a little smarter than before when she was doing stupid things for no reason I was infuriated but she seems to be getting better which I like, made it easier to connect with her. She was determined to uncover her pasted and the stuff that was haunting her and while I'm unsure what that will mean for her as I carry on reading I am excited to find out. I think on of the main things I was sad about is the fact the author did not have more about Caine brother something in me really wants him to be more active in the books.
Overall the book was an easy and exciting read I had no problems zooming through its pages like a demon and it's always a clear sign of a book when you can get through it so fast without taking breaks or needing to go off and do something else. I do hope the next book is just as good or better than the last.
October 18, 2017
Such an action packed thrill ride of a book, filled with vampires, mages, incubi and so much more rolled into a bun of survival and a slight amount of romance.
This book is an Urban fantasy that had my heart pounding with all the action so much so that I couldn't help but keep turning the pages to find out just how the book might end. I can successfully say that I can't wait to read book three!
This book takes place directly after book one. Rosalind finds herself locked up behind wards when she wakes up and all she knows is that Orcas has a note that supposedly is from Caine saying that he is locking her in with Orcas for her own good, and that he has taken Tammi to the safe house; only problem with that is it doesn't feel right especially on the night the demons attack the city. Due to the demon attack she finds her way around the wards that have kept her locked in. Something is truly odd about the demon attack because they don't have the normal aura they should have, and she must get to the bottom of it.
The demon attack is what sets this story off into a rush of action packed adventure, but leads to much more. Rosalind starts to remember hidden memories and realize that she may need to seek out finding more than just her sister.
Betrayal, plays a big part in this book and it turns this story into a much more exciting story. Survival is something that becomes hard because in order to work out the big mess that has been made by the betrayal of one nobody expected Rosalind must learn to work with Cleo her other soul.
This book does have lots of violence, and some sensual scenes but nothing over the top.
This book is an Urban fantasy that had my heart pounding with all the action so much so that I couldn't help but keep turning the pages to find out just how the book might end. I can successfully say that I can't wait to read book three!
This book takes place directly after book one. Rosalind finds herself locked up behind wards when she wakes up and all she knows is that Orcas has a note that supposedly is from Caine saying that he is locking her in with Orcas for her own good, and that he has taken Tammi to the safe house; only problem with that is it doesn't feel right especially on the night the demons attack the city. Due to the demon attack she finds her way around the wards that have kept her locked in. Something is truly odd about the demon attack because they don't have the normal aura they should have, and she must get to the bottom of it.
The demon attack is what sets this story off into a rush of action packed adventure, but leads to much more. Rosalind starts to remember hidden memories and realize that she may need to seek out finding more than just her sister.
Betrayal, plays a big part in this book and it turns this story into a much more exciting story. Survival is something that becomes hard because in order to work out the big mess that has been made by the betrayal of one nobody expected Rosalind must learn to work with Cleo her other soul.
This book does have lots of violence, and some sensual scenes but nothing over the top.
July 1, 2018
I really did not like the ending of this one, but even more, so. I hated that she just kept leaving really evil people alive to keep doing really bad evil things against humanity, her family and loved ones. She had so many opportunities to take them out, but nope let's just put some iron cuffs on them that don't work on them or just leave them alive enough to come back. Yes, how frickin stupid of a character do you have to be to do that. She had no problem taking out all kinds of other demons, but not the really evil ones. Could maybe see it if she didn't kill anyone, but repeatedly she leaves we had guys alive to come back and hurt her and those she cares about while killing all the kers and harpys and hunters. It's just gotten ridiculous at this point and I'm about over it. Now she's mad at Caine because he killed her parents and that isn't a spoiler. Anyone that didn't figure that out by the middle of the last book is really dense. So she's angry at him, even after knowing he was kept chained in her families basement and had a should shiver in him against his will as a test subject. Did she really think her parents didn't deserve it? She had not a single good memory of them, which would tell someone who wasn't a total idiot something. And why did they head in Maramount without the vamps? That made no sense. He controls armies, yet these two take on the bad guys with their own army. It was not a decision a somewhat smart person would make when they had other options. So I hope the next one does better and stops dragging out this whatever it is between these two. Even that is becoming senseless.
July 9, 2021
I really didn't like this one at all
I read the whole thing. I skipped a lot because the same cycle keeps repeating. Rosalind wants to fight, she goes to fight in her slinky mini dress, gets the crap beat out of her, she gets captured, has to be saved and healed. Nobody tells her anything, so she's constantly in the dark. She doesn't remember her family or her past, but she knows that Caine has that knowledge and won't tell her. Caine treats her like crap, but ya know, he's so hawt! How can she resist him?
Every time she takes off the iron ring Cleo takes over. Rosalind is too weak when it comes to Cleo, so she needs to be slapped and saved from herself in that regard over and over....bla bla drama bla...the end.
That is the plot if this story. I didn't like it. I've read almost all the books in this universe, and I can honestly say that "The Vampires Mage Series" is the worst in this book universe. I was intrigued by this series to begin with because Caine pops up in more than one book in other series from this universe, and I was interested in getting to know him and Rosalind, but not anymore. I am done with this series. I know there is one or two more books left, by I just can't make myself read it.
I read the whole thing. I skipped a lot because the same cycle keeps repeating. Rosalind wants to fight, she goes to fight in her slinky mini dress, gets the crap beat out of her, she gets captured, has to be saved and healed. Nobody tells her anything, so she's constantly in the dark. She doesn't remember her family or her past, but she knows that Caine has that knowledge and won't tell her. Caine treats her like crap, but ya know, he's so hawt! How can she resist him?
Every time she takes off the iron ring Cleo takes over. Rosalind is too weak when it comes to Cleo, so she needs to be slapped and saved from herself in that regard over and over....bla bla drama bla...the end.
That is the plot if this story. I didn't like it. I've read almost all the books in this universe, and I can honestly say that "The Vampires Mage Series" is the worst in this book universe. I was intrigued by this series to begin with because Caine pops up in more than one book in other series from this universe, and I was interested in getting to know him and Rosalind, but not anymore. I am done with this series. I know there is one or two more books left, by I just can't make myself read it.
November 7, 2018
The story is nice but overall the storytelling is quite confusing. Some parts flow really well (action and descriptive parts) but others can be quite disjointed, especially where Rosalind starts thinking to herself. So it prevents an immersive experience because it's quite jarring to read. It is also very confusing why, at the beginning of the book, Rosalind would confide her secrets to the random customer Drew, but then treat him as an untrustworthy stranger a few chapters down. The large flux in Rosalind's thinking makes it seem like she has a confused mind (and she was wearing the iron ring, so no excuse about interference from Cleo... hmm.) The tone of the narrative at certain parts also contribute to the disjointed experience because the mood does not build up smoothly, for example, when she thinks of Caine lustily, when she gets angry, etc. I think it needs to be decided how much the readers are going to be pulled into the story. Right now, it seems like there are several different reading effects intended for the reader, but these effects are not fully melded with each other and so reads patchily.
March 26, 2025
chaotic, but entertaining
I did like the story. It went fast. Book 2 is pretty chaotic. There’s just so much that starts going wrong and it’s mainly figuring out who all is behind it. I do feel like the MFC’s conveniently able to use magic without little challenge in this one. Like all her empty promises to Cleo throughout never get called to question. That seemed a bit easy. Also, I did find an error where there’s a point in which an iron necklace is slammed into place… twice… on the same person. I highlighted that. I do feel like the MFC is a little more annoying in this one. So far, she seemed so willing and eager to help people where she could, but toward the end, there’s a part where she gets an opportunity to do this, making a real difference, but all she can think about is Caine. She’s resistant to helping and that went a little bit out of character for her thus far, in my opinion.
But, over all, this was still a very good read. Fast paced, easy, and overall entertaining.
I did like the story. It went fast. Book 2 is pretty chaotic. There’s just so much that starts going wrong and it’s mainly figuring out who all is behind it. I do feel like the MFC’s conveniently able to use magic without little challenge in this one. Like all her empty promises to Cleo throughout never get called to question. That seemed a bit easy. Also, I did find an error where there’s a point in which an iron necklace is slammed into place… twice… on the same person. I highlighted that. I do feel like the MFC is a little more annoying in this one. So far, she seemed so willing and eager to help people where she could, but toward the end, there’s a part where she gets an opportunity to do this, making a real difference, but all she can think about is Caine. She’s resistant to helping and that went a little bit out of character for her thus far, in my opinion.
But, over all, this was still a very good read. Fast paced, easy, and overall entertaining.
March 16, 2023
The start of this book was a little disorienting. Admittedly, I didn’t read it straight off the bat of book one, but it takes half of the first chapter before it actually explains what’s going on. Character development and overarching plot-wise there’s not a lot of development.
But there is lots of action and travelling going on, and the chemistry between the two MCs is slowly starting to build. I enjoyed their banter, and the action scenes are amazing. It’s pretty much non-stop, and while Rosalind does some pretty stupid things, her grit and determination make me like her anyway. There are some weird jumps in thoughts and focuses (like when she suddenly fixates on Tammi again) and some pointless repetition, but overall the pacing is good and it’s fun to follow along. 3.5 stars.
But there is lots of action and travelling going on, and the chemistry between the two MCs is slowly starting to build. I enjoyed their banter, and the action scenes are amazing. It’s pretty much non-stop, and while Rosalind does some pretty stupid things, her grit and determination make me like her anyway. There are some weird jumps in thoughts and focuses (like when she suddenly fixates on Tammi again) and some pointless repetition, but overall the pacing is good and it’s fun to follow along. 3.5 stars.
April 17, 2023
“Sexy and disturbing. Like a clown doing a strip tease.” “That’s basically what I envision when I think of you.”
“There is something terribly seductive about self-hatred.”
🔥🔥🔥
Rosalind and Caine must battle a new enemy. Together. And yet, secrets surround them and turmoil is ever present. And death. And let us not forget the ever-burning slow burn that keeps you secretly dying for them to hook up, angry that they can’t get their s**t together & on your seat as the heat builds. 🌶️ As they battle the enemy, secrets begin to unravel and Rosalind must learn to stand on her own two feet against the darkness. She must battle the darkness herself while battling a possession. It’s sink or swim.
Slow burn ✔️ Sexual tension ✔️ Many make choices ✔️
Potentially one powerful woman 👏🏻
“There is something terribly seductive about self-hatred.”
🔥🔥🔥
Rosalind and Caine must battle a new enemy. Together. And yet, secrets surround them and turmoil is ever present. And death. And let us not forget the ever-burning slow burn that keeps you secretly dying for them to hook up, angry that they can’t get their s**t together & on your seat as the heat builds. 🌶️ As they battle the enemy, secrets begin to unravel and Rosalind must learn to stand on her own two feet against the darkness. She must battle the darkness herself while battling a possession. It’s sink or swim.
Slow burn ✔️ Sexual tension ✔️ Many make choices ✔️
Potentially one powerful woman 👏🏻
May 16, 2017
Bit frustrating
There's just more mysteries even after learning some of the truths. It's a bit frustrating but I can't stop reading. Rosalind continues to push through so many challenges that she should have died a long time ago, however she continues to cheat death. Her twin Miranda seems the nicer of the two, and I'm surprised that Caine isn't attracted to her instead. I get more of a brotherly feel in their relationship, while the attraction to Rosalind is hot and exciting. I think there is also something going on with Ambrose and her spirit Cleo. So many tangles to pull apart and mysteriez to reveal. I doubt I will tire of this series any time soon.
There's just more mysteries even after learning some of the truths. It's a bit frustrating but I can't stop reading. Rosalind continues to push through so many challenges that she should have died a long time ago, however she continues to cheat death. Her twin Miranda seems the nicer of the two, and I'm surprised that Caine isn't attracted to her instead. I get more of a brotherly feel in their relationship, while the attraction to Rosalind is hot and exciting. I think there is also something going on with Ambrose and her spirit Cleo. So many tangles to pull apart and mysteriez to reveal. I doubt I will tire of this series any time soon.
July 19, 2019
2.8/5
This book has Rosalind fighting against a new type of multicolored power while she goes in search of her twin sister and friend. She learns more about her family and starts to use the power from her second soul. There is a lot more magic and portals to different places as well. No profanity and no sex (very little romance) so it's suitable for young adults. There were a few discrepancies that made it difficult for me to get into this book but otherwise the writing is solid. I still find Rosalind to be immature and lacking in depth but caine is just as intriguing. The narrative is primarily first person but has third mixed in which throws me a little but the overall story arc is starting to take shape
This book has Rosalind fighting against a new type of multicolored power while she goes in search of her twin sister and friend. She learns more about her family and starts to use the power from her second soul. There is a lot more magic and portals to different places as well. No profanity and no sex (very little romance) so it's suitable for young adults. There were a few discrepancies that made it difficult for me to get into this book but otherwise the writing is solid. I still find Rosalind to be immature and lacking in depth but caine is just as intriguing. The narrative is primarily first person but has third mixed in which throws me a little but the overall story arc is starting to take shape
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November 17, 2019I love CN Crawford's books
This is a great read full of love, friendship, people lost but found, and the (as I like to refer to it) the coming to terms with one's own hopes, fears, and dreams. It is, in many ways a book of one woman's coming to terms with her past, present, and her desires for the future, of discovery and the realization that she had to help makes up for the magical sins of most of her family (except for 1 member of her family). CN Crawford books keep me on the edge of my seat always. They put a lot of effort and energy into researching the "worlds" the write about. (review by Tammy)
This is a great read full of love, friendship, people lost but found, and the (as I like to refer to it) the coming to terms with one's own hopes, fears, and dreams. It is, in many ways a book of one woman's coming to terms with her past, present, and her desires for the future, of discovery and the realization that she had to help makes up for the magical sins of most of her family (except for 1 member of her family). CN Crawford books keep me on the edge of my seat always. They put a lot of effort and energy into researching the "worlds" the write about. (review by Tammy)
January 11, 2018
Good read
I enjoy these types of books. They are entertaining and easy to read. I don't like the way I started off with book instead of seeing that there was a previous book and no options were given to see that there was a book before this one. Guess I'll be better about checking that myself in the future. Great book. Interesting characters, I was a bit lost but that's because there was a book before this, lol. Again, that is my fault. Going to read the missing book now and will give a better review for the next book.
I enjoy these types of books. They are entertaining and easy to read. I don't like the way I started off with book instead of seeing that there was a previous book and no options were given to see that there was a book before this one. Guess I'll be better about checking that myself in the future. Great book. Interesting characters, I was a bit lost but that's because there was a book before this, lol. Again, that is my fault. Going to read the missing book now and will give a better review for the next book.
July 16, 2017
Brilliant 2nd book
Told again from Roselinds POV, who is no damsel. She has magic but she doesn't really need it as shes been trained as a hunter and as such is a human warrior. She's fallen for death himself but he has many secrets he's keeping from her. Who can she trust, I really don't know and it's the 2nd book but I would certainly bet on Tammy. All the characters are likeable and this book has a really good storyline. Recommended
Told again from Roselinds POV, who is no damsel. She has magic but she doesn't really need it as shes been trained as a hunter and as such is a human warrior. She's fallen for death himself but he has many secrets he's keeping from her. Who can she trust, I really don't know and it's the 2nd book but I would certainly bet on Tammy. All the characters are likeable and this book has a really good storyline. Recommended
August 26, 2017
Wonderful Witch World Warps as Watchers Rumble
The husband and wife team of C. N. Crawford have introduced complex relationships to their wonderful little world of an alternate Earth and it's accessible nearby dimensions. Some friends may be hereditary enemies, other enemies may also be friends...maybe....
The character roster expands, but the extra dimensions threaten to overwhelm the spirits of our protagonists/antagonists.
RECOMMENDED!
The husband and wife team of C. N. Crawford have introduced complex relationships to their wonderful little world of an alternate Earth and it's accessible nearby dimensions. Some friends may be hereditary enemies, other enemies may also be friends...maybe....
The character roster expands, but the extra dimensions threaten to overwhelm the spirits of our protagonists/antagonists.
RECOMMENDED!
January 5, 2018
I purchased Witch Hunter as part of the Vampire Mage box set. I'd independently read book one of this series in August 2016 before I picked up this box set, and I'm happy to say, that while I'd been somewhat irritated by Roselind in the beginning, she showed more maturity in book two, so I found it easier to like her and appreciate her. Caine didn't seem as strong a protagonist, but I still enjoyed him as a central figure. Heading off to book three...
November 7, 2018
Things are getting interesting
I'm as obsessed with finding out Caine's secrets as Rosalind is. He is probably my favorite character because for all the secrets he keeps, he is more honest than others. Second would probably be Aurora, she is hilarious. Rosalind is growing on me though. She's become a lot more rational since the last book. I love this series. I can't wait to find out what happens next.
I'm as obsessed with finding out Caine's secrets as Rosalind is. He is probably my favorite character because for all the secrets he keeps, he is more honest than others. Second would probably be Aurora, she is hilarious. Rosalind is growing on me though. She's become a lot more rational since the last book. I love this series. I can't wait to find out what happens next.
February 24, 2019
Great Entry to a New Series!
Great Entry to a New Series. You can fill the struggle Rosalind go through as her convictions and training is tested. Her unwilling to give up all she believes frustrates. I understand her doubt in the love interest due to his powers. She long to be a normal college girl when she is everything but. #adventure #romance #UrbanFantasy #vampire #Shifters #Magic #demons
Great Entry to a New Series. You can fill the struggle Rosalind go through as her convictions and training is tested. Her unwilling to give up all she believes frustrates. I understand her doubt in the love interest due to his powers. She long to be a normal college girl when she is everything but. #adventure #romance #UrbanFantasy #vampire #Shifters #Magic #demons
June 9, 2019
Those end of the book bylines are always shocking
I hate how Rosalind seems to vacillate between weak and strong. It's awesome seeing her grow stronger mentally and be more sure of herself but the ending of the book definitely has me worried - and not just the last line. I wish I'd found this series in timeline order! I'd like to see Rosalind be in control of herself and not be dragged around from situation to situation. I worry there can't be a happy ending.
I hate how Rosalind seems to vacillate between weak and strong. It's awesome seeing her grow stronger mentally and be more sure of herself but the ending of the book definitely has me worried - and not just the last line. I wish I'd found this series in timeline order! I'd like to see Rosalind be in control of herself and not be dragged around from situation to situation. I worry there can't be a happy ending.
January 14, 2020
Still with the blaming...She is seeing things for how they truly are now though, so that's a plus. Big changes happened in this book. Lines were drawn and unlikely allies made. I can see why she would have the turmoil she had regarding Caine to a certain extent, I mean he is an incubus. However, she does recognize when he uses his power on her and when he doesn't so...there's that. Onward to the next book!
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